by Jessica | May 13, 2022 | ADHD Basics
Your brain thinks it is protecting you by offering you super negative thoughts about yourself in public. It thinks that if you can anticipate all of the stupid things you might do around other people and then not do them, you will be safe and loved and accepted, which...
by Jessica | May 12, 2022 | ADHD Basics
Here’s why it’s so hard to stop impulse buying if you’re a person with ADHD. A purchase is a lightning-fast transition between I want it, which is a thought that creates tension and drive, and I got it, which creates resolution and a cascade...
by Jessica | May 11, 2022 | ADHD Basics
Got ADHD? Then self-awareness is the GREATEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE YOURSELF. You likely grew up paying attention to whatever was urgent and interesting in the moment. Which means you likely don’t know yourself and your mind very well. Which is a problem. Because you...
by Jessica | May 5, 2022 | ADHD Basics
If you self-sabotage, you need to read this. It is so important. The thing that we call self-sabotage is not your brain fighting against you. It is your brain fighting for something that you want, but are not letting yourself have. Things like rest, time to think,...
by Jessica | Apr 27, 2022 | ADHD Basics
No one but YOU can make you feel rejected. No one. I swear it. I know that’s not how it seems, but bear with me. Your feelings come from your thoughts, not from other people. No matter what they say or do. No matter how cruel or disrespectful or unloving they are....
by Jessica | Apr 27, 2022 | ADHD Basics
Choose thoughts you BELIEVE. The goal is to feel SLIGHTLY more hopeful, more capable, more energized…so that you can put your mind to work doing what it does best…IMAGINING. You were BORN for this. Born to see a problem and get to work creatively coming up with a...
by Jessica | Apr 27, 2022 | ADHD Basics
God did NOT give you the short end of the stick. He gave you what you needed to ROCK LIFE: a fascinating, mind-boggling, dare I say “god-like” ability to MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. Turn an empty lot into a house or theme park. Build machines that travel faster...
by Jessica | Apr 27, 2022 | ADHD Basics
You were shamed for being lazy and unproductive, right? And those moments of inactivity took on a new, sinister emotional tone. Basically, you started to fear the repercussions of being inactive. And that fear turned into a powerful drive to DO something. ANYTHING. So...
by Jessica | Apr 27, 2022 | ADHD Basics
I’ll bet my buns that you were pressured to perform when you were a child. That you were doing things a little….differently….than other kids, and that your parents, or your teachers, or your peers PRESSURED you to sit still, or pay attention, or...
by Jessica | Apr 27, 2022 | ADHD Basics
Hey ADHD friends: Schedules create rebellious emotions because we change our thoughts from “I want to do this” to “I have to do this” The reason you feel GREAT when you are putting a schedule together and CRAPPY when you are trying to carry it out is this:YOUR...
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